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Easterseals Arkansas opens a new K-12 academy in Little Rock, expanding education and support services for students with developmental disabilities across the state.

Early Brunner, founder of Recovery Demystified and a 2026 NWA Weaver Award recipient, talks with Daniel Caruth about building a secular, inclusive recovery program in Fayetteville.

A Fayetteville pilot program at St. James Missionary Baptist Church uses climate-controlled smart food lockers to expand food pantry access around the clock for working families.

As Baptist Health Fort Smith shuts down multiple departments, local doctors and the NAACP Sebastian County branch host a community town hall on navigating the changes.

A new Commonwealth Fund report ranks Arkansas 49th for health care access and 50th for health care quality for Hispanic residents, even as the state ranks 6th in health outcomes for that group.

A new University of Arkansas dashboard draws on the state's largest-ever health survey to map disease, poverty and risk factors down to the census tract level across all 75 counties.

Dr. Susan Averitt, a Springdale pediatrician who works with HealthySteps, talks about how autism diagnoses and public attitudes have shifted — and why early intervention still matters.

A new state study finds supported living services in Arkansas are reimbursed 23% below actual cost, leaving nonprofit providers stretched thin ahead of the April fiscal session.

A new Startup Junkie report finds that 30–40% of neurodivergent adults in Northwest Arkansas are underemployed or unemployed, and calls structural gaps — not individual deficits — the core problem.